PHOTO: ODT FILESA Hong Kong case of Covid-19 reinfection does not undermine the need to develop an effective global vaccine, a Dunedin researcher says. Those researchers said genome sequencing showed the two strains of the virus were different, making this the world’s first proven case of Sars-CoV-2 reinfection. It was "plainly wrong" to suggest the reinfection case undermined vaccine development efforts, he said. Given that reinfection with endemic human coronaviruses, which caused many colds, was well described, it was not surprising Sars-CoV-2 reinfection could also occur. The Hong Kong case raised concerns about that herd immunity idea, he said.

Source: Otago Daily Times August 25, 2020 16:30 UTC